notices arc all the particulars of his life, which an 

 attentive perusal of his work has enabled us to 

 trace. 



Franck, as already noticed, seems to have enter- 

 tained peculiar and mystical notions in theology, 

 yet, in general, expresses himself as a good Chris- 

 tian, and well-meaning man. His praise of Mon- 

 trose and others, opposed to his own party, is, to 

 say the least, liberal and candid ; and his view of 

 Scotland, under so many circumstances of national 

 discouragement, and affording, doubtless, most ex- 

 quisite reasons for the censure which the travel- 

 lers occasionally cast upon the sluttishness of the 

 cookery, and the inferiority of accommodation which 

 they met with, indicates much good-humoured li- 

 berality. It is remarkable, that he does not appear 

 to have experienced that hospitality which Taylor, 

 at an early period, and many tourists since his 

 day, have received in Scotland, and which we are 

 accustomed to consider as characteristic of the 

 country. Captain Franck does not mention having 

 experienced the civility of any native from the be- 

 ginning of his tour to the end ; for the hospitable 

 Commandant of Dumbarton was undoubtedly an 



